Countries sharply split on fossil fuels on COP30 climate summit final day | Climate News

Post published:November 21, 2025
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Brazil’s new draft proposal does not contain a roadmap for a transition, nor mention ‘fossil fuels’ at all.Countries remain bitterly divided over the future of fossil fuels as the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP30, is slated to end in Brazil’s northern city of Belem, potentially in a haze of recriminations.Delegates at the two-week conference have failed to reach a deal as Brazil circulated a new draft proposal on Thursday that did not include a…

Somerset family struggling as three members have ME

Post published:November 21, 2025
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Ruth BradleyPolitics reporter, BBC SomersetJulie HeathJon developed ME in his early 40s with his wife giving up her career to help care for him.Just under 10 years ago, Julie Heath's husband Jon suffered blow to his head in a car crash. "He has never recovered from it," she said.Mr Heath went on to be diagnosed with ME, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. The couple's two children were also diagnosed with ME in the years that followed, and…

Dorchester flats fire likely caused by batteries in bin

Post published:November 21, 2025
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A fire that left a block of flats uninhabitable for more than two months was likely started accidentally by batteries thrown in a rubbish bin, the fire service has said.The blaze at the Ammonite building in Brewery Square, Dorchester, broke out on a second-floor balcony shortly before 18:45 BST on 29 August.The fire spread up the exterior, leaving all 16 flats uninhabitable with residents forced into temporary accommodation. After extensive repairs, residents from nine apartments have been able…

Truro City ‘building foundations’ despite poor form – Alex Black

Post published:November 21, 2025
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The changes at Truro - who were sharing a ground in Plymouth for much of the time after they left their Treyew Road home in January 2021 - are not just on the field.Having gone fully professional they have had to employ more staff to cater for a side that had previously only trained a couple of times a week. "Probably for the first time ever at the club we do have a chief scout who is able…

Plymouth Argyle: Tom Cleverley and Derek Adams ‘connect as characters’

Post published:November 21, 2025
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Argyle are bottom of League One having won just four games in the third tier since being relegated from the Championship last season.The Pilgrims have been hampered by serious injuries to players such as Xavier Amaechi, Caleb Watts, Julio Pleguezuelo and most recently Bradley Ibrahim - who will not feature until the new year after an ankle injury sustained this week.But some fans have been critical of the summer recruitment following a major turnover of players in the…

Devon community food boxes ‘selling out within minutes’

Post published:November 21, 2025
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BBCMelissa Trudgill: "Sometimes we sell out within 10 minutes"Families of school pupils are getting help with the cost of living through a community food box scheme. Called the Green Box Project, it is based at Okehampton Primary School in Devon and involves volunteers taking surplus food from the charity FareShare South West and packing supplies into boxes which are then sold to parents.Organisers said the project, which sees about £20 worth of food sold for £2.50, said they…

Watchdog orders improvements at Dawlish mental health unit

Post published:November 21, 2025
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Getty ImagesInspectors found "inconsistent care planning and risk management" at the Langdon Hospital wardsAn NHS trust has been told to take immediate action after inspectors found regulation breaches at a mental health unit.The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out an unannounced inspection in April of the wards at Langdon Hospital in Dawlish, Devon, following concerns over the safety of people using the service.The watchdog said the forensic inpatient and secure wards at the site, run by Devon Partnership…

Polperro care home residents ‘at serious risk of harm’, CQC finds

Post published:November 21, 2025
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GoogleThe safety of residents at Restgarth Care Home is to be monitored while improvements are madeA care home resident was left alone in a chair at a breakfast table for nine hours without support, inspectors have revealed.The failing is included in a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report into Restgarth Care Home in Polperro, Cornwall where staff were found to be putting people at "serious risk of harm".The home has been rated as inadequate, with the CQC taking "urgent…

New sundial misspells Camborne in Cornwall

Post published:November 21, 2025
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Moonta Lions ClubThe sundial shows the spelling, and longitude and latitude coordinates for Cambourne, CambridgeshireA new sundial recognising Camborne in Cornwall, which was made by a community in Australia, has been mistakenly based on Cambourne in Cambridgeshire.Photos of the new sundial presented by Moonta Lions Club in South Australia to celebrate historic mining links, revealed an extra 'U', and the longitude and latitude coordinates for the Cambridgeshire town.Camborne Town Council said the black stone sundial was "beautiful" but…

Somerset family’s flu vaccine plea after 2024 Christmas ‘ruined’

Post published:November 21, 2025
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Ross Pollard,West of England, Taunton and Beth Cruse,West of EnglandBBCRebecca and her daughter Astrid became very unwell with flu last yearA family who said their Christmas was "ruined" by flu are urging others to get their vaccine to avoid being hospitalised.Rebecca Pettitt, from Taunton, Somerset, caught flu from her daughter Astrid last Christmas and passed it onto her elderly mother, who then spent five weeks in hospital.The NHS in Somerset is urging eligible people to get their vaccine…

Las Vegas Grand Prix 2025: Lando Norris fastest in practice as loose manhole cover disrupts session

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The delays and disruption meant a sense of the competitive picture was only partially formed, especially as there was no time for the race simulation runs that normally take place in the final minutes of the session.For what it's worth, Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg was fourth fastest, ahead of the Racing Bulls of Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson.Mercedes' George Russell was seventh fastest, with Williams' Alex Albon, Verstappen and Hamilton completing the top 10.Antonelli continued the strong form that…

Bournemouth ice rink plans approved subject to eco requirements

Post published:November 21, 2025
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Sophie CridlandSouth of EnglandChris Downer / GeographIce skating has been a festive feature in Lower Gardens for more than a decadeA committee has agreed an ice rink that has been open for a week can have planning permission if the organiser meets biodiversity targets.Seventa Events opened the site, as part of the Christmas in Bournemouth event, while organisers were waiting for its planning application to be decided.It was recommended for refusal due to the "unauthorised removal of a…